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COIN
Unique ID: CAM-190EF4
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
An Iron Age gold uninscribed quarter stater of the North Thames Region / Catuvellauni, c.60-20 BC, 'Whaddon Chase Rings' type. Obverse: Wreath, cloak, and crescents, with angular wing-like motifs. Reverse: Horse right, pellet in ring above and below. As ABC p. 124, no. 2460; Van Arsdell 1474.
Weight is 1.22g, diameter is13mm.
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Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 60 BC
Date to: Circa 20 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.22 g
Diameter: 13 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Quarter stater (gold)
Tribe: Catuvellauni
Van Arsdell Type (VA): 1474.01
Ancient British Coins (ABC): 2460
Obverse description: Wreath, cloak, and crescents, with angular wing-like motifs.
Reverse description: Horse right, pellet in ring above and below
Status: Regular
Coin references
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Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: Huntingdonshire (District)
To be known as: Huntingdon District Area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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